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Member Of The Order Of The British Empire77Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire33Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire13Knight Commander Of The Order Of The Bath1Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire1

Year

200922007220062200512004320021200121998419971199531993219921199121990219895198721985219843198321981319802197911978219773197631975319743197231971219701196841967119662196541964219633196211961119601195911957119562195411953119511194811947319461919458

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Birthday Honours54New Year Honours71

125 people

2009

Member (MBE)

Jody Philip Davies Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2009
William Robert Kefford Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2009

2007

Member (MBE)

Christopher Ronald Boryer Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2007

Commander (CBE)

David Gerard Hayes
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2007

2006

Member (MBE)

Gerald Mark Strickland Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006

Officer (OBE)

Ian Alexander Rigden Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006

2005

Member (MBE)

Timothy Denis Peter O’Leary Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2005

2004

Member (MBE)

Andrew Jonathan Paul Bourne Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Honorary Dillikumar Gurung Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004
Laxmibhakta Bantawa Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2004

2002

Member (MBE)

Nigel Dermot Wylie Carrick
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2002

2001

Member (MBE)

Kamalparsad Gurung
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001
Lalitchandra Dewan
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2001

1998

Member (MBE)

Balkrishna Gurung
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Deoman Limbu Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998
Richard Martin Venning Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998

Commander (CBE)

David Richard Danyers Willis
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1998

1997

Member (MBE)

Guy Russel John Glanville Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1997

1995

Member (MBE)

Khagendrabahadur Limbu
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1995
Lalbahadur Gurung
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1995
Ombahadur Chhetri
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1995

1993

Member (MBE)

Brian Peter Clesham
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993

Commander (CBE)

Peter Anthony Little
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1993

1992

Commander (CBE)

Nigel Michael Haynes
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 1992

Jody Philip Davies Royal Gurkha Rifles.
William Robert Kefford Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Christopher Ronald Boryer Royal Gurkha Rifles.
David Gerard Hayes
Gerald Mark Strickland Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Ian Alexander Rigden Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Timothy Denis Peter O’Leary Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Andrew Jonathan Paul Bourne Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Honorary Dillikumar Gurung Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Laxmibhakta Bantawa Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Nigel Dermot WYLIE Carrick
Kamalparsad Gurung
Lalitchandra Dewan
Balkrishna Gurung
David Richard Danyers Willis
Deoman LIMBU Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Richard Martin VENNING Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Guy Russel John GLANVILLE Royal Gurkha Rifles.
KHAGENDRABAHADUR Limbu
LALBAHADUR Gurung
OMBAHADUR Chhetri
Brian Peter Clesham
Peter Anthony Little
Nigel Michael Haynes
DALMAN Golay
Stuart Louis Sessions
CHINTABAHADUR Gurung
Garry Dene Johnson
Michael Howard Kefford
Nicholas Jonathan Helson Hinton
RAMBAHADUR Gurung
TEKBAHADUR Gurung
William Francis Shuttlewood
KALUMAN Rai
William John Dawson
John Evan Grant Lamond
NARBU Lama
BHIMBAHADUR Rai
KARNABAHA- DUR Thapa
LALBAHADUR Raj
RAMBAHADUR Gurung
Timothy Julian O'Donnell
Bruce dive Jackman
LALBAHADUR Pun
Peter Royson Duffell
David Patrick de Courcy Morgan
John Lyon Chapple
GOPALBAHADUR Gurung
BIRKHARAJ Gurung
Colin James Scott
KESARSING Limbu
Miles Garth Hunt-Davies
Thomas Angus Coghill
Evan David Powell-Jones
Gordon McKenzie Macdonald
INDRAJIT Limbu
KESHAV Tamang
Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher James Pike
Manbahadur Ale
Hastabahadur Thapa
Henry Daniel Subba
Lieutenant-Colonel Iain Murray Elliot
ASALBAHADUR Limbu
Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Courtenay Neath
PARTAPSING Gurung
Charles Oliver Cardwell
Lieutenant-Colonel John Michael Chetwynd Thornton
Norman Roberts
Bruce Mackenzie Niven
Lieutenant-Colonel Denis Oswald O'Leary
Ronald William Lome McALISTER
TAMBASING Gurung
BALBAHADUR Tamang
Richard William Connell
Simon Patrick Martin Kent
Alastair Malcolm Langlands
DALBAHADUR Rai
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Gopsill
LOKBAHADUR Thapa
Lieutenant-Colonel William Bruce Standbridge
Lieutenant-General Walter Colyear Walker
Lieutenant-Colonel Brian Wellesley Roe
Lieutenant-Colonel John Humphrey Montagu
Lieutenant-Colonel John Philip Cross
Own Gurkha Rifles.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Ronald Hill
David Drummond Maurice McCready
Bertram Francis Louis Rooney
Noel Frederick Bridgman Shaw
BAGDHAN Rai
PAHALMANSING Gurung
Edward John Sidney Burnett
Lieutenant-Colonel David Leonard Powell-Jones
John Neilson Frazer
— Alexander Frank Philip Christison
Howard Charles Crawley
Lieutenant-Colonel George Slater Nangle
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Andrew BRIGGS 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles
Alexander James McBEAN
Arljhur Henry Murdoch
Francis Arnold Southam
HUSSEIN BIN Onn
Jemadar SHANTILAL Malhotra
Lieutenant-Colonel Aufoery Barrington Charles Tutton
Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Richard Watson
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Ernest Waldren
Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Richard Wilson
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick William Grant
Lieutenant-Colonel Gustavus Haydon Searle
Norman Murray Carstairs
Subadar AKBAR Ali
Subedar GOVINDSING Limbu
Subedar HAMESH Gul
Subedar MOHAMMED AFZAL KHAN -
Subedar RAJTNDER Singh
Wilfred Cutts
William Henry Weller
Arthur Thomas Cornwall-Jones
Cyril Arthur Rowland
George Clement CAVE Worcestershire Regiment
James Coates
Jemadar Mohd Khalid
Keith Hatch'
Peter Lewis Hancox
Subadar SHER SING Rana

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